RIP “Little Chief”

Does anyone have any good interior shots from an original 1944 ETO L4 Cub?

Or indeed any websites with colour scheme information preferably for a Cub that served post invasion of France?

Have googled but had much joy?

Any help much appreciated? -don’t mean to hijack the thread.

Thanks

Jason

Gorgeous photos – thanks for posting.

It has to be the ultimate development of the P-51 and there are some lovely 3 views in Paul Coggan’s latest Mustang Survivors if I remember rightly.

I remember seeing the crash on Dickie Davies “World of Sport” and how Steve Hinton survived is a miracle – very very glad he did.

Cheers:)

Jason

DX

I’d heard that Tom Blair was hoping to have a hangar of his own at DX and that the site of the old (blown up)hangar had been mooted however this had been turned down by the powers that be because people wouldn’t be able to find the runway restaurant – how true this is I don’t know!!

I think that now is the time for a bit of a tidy up – be nice to see the Junkers 52 (casa ) in the BoB of Hangar with the restored He 111.

Certainly more hangar space needed as too may aircraft still displayed outside.

VBR

Jason

😀

Was there yesterday & watched today from the Garden – superb display – well-organised.

The Heritage Flight (F-15 & warbirds) was awesome – met Ed Shipley yesterday and he is the nicest guy – the Horsemen display with Jim Beasley was also brilliant.

Very well done to all at TFC.:) 😀

Best regards

Jason

Aaaaah, model planes.

I remember a certain individual piling into my 1/4 scale Sopwith Pup with his DR1 – first flight of a full weekend of flying. I managed to land most of it and was picking up the rest when Zee German came over and said, ‘I bent my crankshaft on your U/C axle, can I borrow your engine for the rest of the weekend?’

Herr E Pleine

Was hoping you wouldn’t remember me turning your Pup into a solartex bag!

How things have changed and you have now come over to the dark side (zee Germans!)

Hope the auction goes well – wish I had few more bucks!

VBR

Jason

I’m afraid most of the buildings at Bottisham have now been demolished – some of the murals were saved (the flying tractor is at the museum at Thorpe’s Abbott).

The are couple of buildings left on the field which are know known as the smokery and there are one or two buildings left in the village but very little remains.

If you need any further assistance please don’t hesitate to get in touch – my email is on the website.

Cheers

Jason

Here’s one for hairyplane

From the Charlie Woods collection donated to the 361st FG website ( and yet to be uploaded to the site as have run out of space)